Crash Course Video
Communism can stay where it is but it can't be allowed to spread.
Containment
The military build-up by the US and USSR during the Cold War
Arms Race
First Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin
What is the CIA?
Central Intelligence Agency, US intelligence agency that carry's out secret activities outside of the US
Brinkmanship
The act of pushing and international situation to the highest point of tension
What was the Korean and Vietnam War fought in the name of?
Containment
What was the US and USSR competing for in the Arms Race?
Which country has more Nuclear Weapons
Who won the Space Race and How?
US won by sending first men on moon
U-2 Spy Plane
US planes over USSR to gather information on the USSR nuclear weapons
Detente
A time during the Cold War in which tensions lessened through diplomacy
What was the Truman Doctrine?
President Harry Truman's promise to support "freedom loving people's" against threats
Leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War
Nikita Khrushchev
First men on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
The Soviet intelligence agency during the Cold War that was also charged with police powers against the Soviet Citizens who are suspected disloyalty and covert actions outside the USSR
KGB
Deterrence
Foreign policy strategy in which both superpowers deterred the other through strategic arms buildup and strategic alliances.
Led by Senator Joe McCarthy who stoked American paranoia about disloyal Americans by lying about having a list of 205 communists working in the State department
Red Scare
How many Nuclear Weapons did Russia have during the Cold War? (Bonus if you get how many US has)
Around 40,000 for USSR and 30,000 for US
First satellite to orbit Earth and shocked the US
Sputnik
Espionage
Secretly gathering information about a foreign government or a competing business/company with the purpose of gaining a political, military, or financial advantage
Alignment
An alliance or agreement. During Cold War some countries aligned themselves with either the US or the USSR
Sphere of Influence in the Cold War
The area a strong country controls economically and politically in contrast to the area it does not.
President of the US when we realized that the USSR's nuclear technology was equal or greater than ours and that the USSR was ahead of us in the Space Race.
Star Wars
President Reagan's idea of creating a net of satellites n orbit to shoot down Soviet missiles if they attacked
Joining a government, company, or organization as a spy to gain access to secret information
Infiltrating
Expansionism
Foreign policy of acquiring control over more territory